I've been enjoying a career as a human centered design professional for over 15 years. I've had the pleasure of designing many types of data-rich digital products and applications. My experience spans the financial, pharmaceutical, retail and entertainment industries. I love solving problems through a thoughtful design approach. I also enjoy rolling up my sleeves to help create and develop those user experiences to bring them into fruition. Examples of my work can be seen here: http://www.markdisciullo.com Specialties: User Centered Design, Visual Design, Responsive Web Design, Usability, Prototyping, Web Analytics, UX Measurement, Information Architecture, Sass, Foundation, jQuery, CSS3, HTML5.

Principal User Experience Architect @ From January 2015 to Present (8 months) Greater New York City AreaUser Experience Design Strategist @ Overseeing the user experience design process, within an Agile development environment, through stakeholder and user interviews, prototyping, user testing, and other methods to increase adoption, retention, and productivity. Currently leading the design of several mobile self-service applications, organizational communities, project collaboration applications, leadership blogs, and wikis on the Enterprise Portal and Enterprise Social Media Platforms. These applications reach over 100,000 global employees, partners, contractors and consultants. • Facilitated design sprints for several responsive web applications intended to increase employee productivity through project collaboration workspaces, mobile communities, KPI dashboards and self service applications. • Developed user research strategies to support the successful redesign of project collaboration tools and enable community building within the enterprise. • Hands on design of key areas of Merck’s enterprise portal such as professional networking (social) teamspaces (collaboration) leadership blogs, organizational communities, and corporate news. Design artifacts include sitemaps, wireframes, prototypes, full-color comps, styleguides and detailed interactive design specifications. • Instituted an ongoing UX Measurement Strategy, establishing baseline metrics and gathering insights/ideas for feature enhancements as part of a continuous improvement process. • Created Data Visualization dashboards designed based on persona research. • Designed Responsive Web Applications for smartphones, tablets and desktop workstations. • Built prototypes and production ready code using Foundation 5, Sass, CSS3, HTML5, jQuery, CoffeeScript, Ember.js, and D3.js within a Ruby on Rail development environment. From March 2011 to December 2014 (3 years 10 months) Experience Design Strategist @ I provided Experience Design Strategies for all types of eCommerce sites, enterprise portals, business applications and websites. With a clear understanding of business objectives, I gathered user insights and analysis from quantitative (the "What") and qualitative (the "Why") research to provide actionable insights and solid design recommendations. My methodologies range from Audience Analysis, Accessibility Best Practicies, Usability Testing, Heuristic Evaluations, Contextual Inquires, Interviews and Surveys to UX Measurement/Analytics strategies. This approach always ensures a holistic view of the customer's experience, resulting in business aligned design solutions that delight users. My clients included: IEEE, Merck, Pfizer, Merrill Lynch, TD Ameritrade, PwC, NTT Data, Dunn & Bradstreet From July 2005 to March 2011 (5 years 9 months) First Vice President User Experience @ As the FVP of Usability Design I instituted a User-Centered Design process into the System Development Lifecycle (SDLC) and lead the successful redesigns of all of the firms most profitable product channels, the retail (www.tdwaterhouse.com), along with the entire Active Trader “TradeCentral” suite of tools. My main role was to consult with business units on the best user experience strategy for the firm's key retail and business applications. I supervised, trained and coached a team of 11 UX designers, information architects, front-end developers and web measurement analysts. The team was responsible for the gathering of user insights, the creation of actionable design recommendations, SEO recommendations, as well as the development of user interfaces for retail & institutional websites, business applications and active trader platform JAVA applets (Streaming News, Advanced Charting, Market Research applications) From May 2000 to July 2005 (5 years 3 months) 100 Wall Street, New York CityFirst Vice President User Experience @ I was a member of the original team at Marketware International which developed one of the world's first online stock trading applications (webBroker) allowing access to equity order management systems domestically and internationally Here, I designed user interfaces for multilingual equity trading, market research, online banking, mobile, and marketing websites globally as well as supervised/trained a team of 8 UX designers, information architects, and web developers I managed large-scale international UX projects for clients in India, Australia, Canada, Luxembourg, UK, Hong Kong and Singapore and was also responsible for all translation vendor relationships. My team and I designed innovative user interfaces for various mobile devices (NTT Docomo iMode, WAP, PocketPC, etc) 1998 - Marketware's online trading solution used by Waterhouse Securities rated as #1 discount brokerage in the U.S. (Smart Money magazine). From 1998 to 2000 (2 years) Holmdel, NJArt Director and Business Partner @ I was a key partner in establishing Kandu's innovative design and development approach to immersive interactive experiences. We produced many highly engaging and content rich touch-screen applications. Using a unique blend of CGI animation, video, interface design and touch screen technologies produced within an Agile development lifecycle, Kandu Interactive produced a wealth of exciting audience centered multimedia applications for the Pharmaceutical, Financial and Entertainment industries. Our clients included: Nike, Pfizer, Sony, Kodak, Ellis Island Foundation, AstraZeneca, Searle Pharmaceuticals, Exxon, and Chicago Symphony Orchestra. From May 1993 to May 1998 (5 years 1 month) Sr. Interactive Designer @ As Interactive Designer and Lead Animator, my work was primarily focused on the design and development of interactive (Level III) touchscreen applications, and MoA (Mechanism of Action) medical animations for the pharmaceutical industry for use in trade shows and public spaces. My main responsibilities were to design the user experience and ensure usability of the interfaces. Utilizing tools such as 3D Studio Max, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Premiere, and Macromedia Flash, I merged computer animation (CGI), hi-end graphics, and broadcast quality video to create highly immersive user experiences. From May 1990 to May 1993 (3 years 1 month)

BFA, Fine Arts and Visual Design @ The College of New Jersey From 1989 to 1991 Mark Di Sciullo is skilled in: Interaction Design, Heuristic Analysis, Contextual Inquiry, Axure, Experience Strategy, A/B testing, Experience Design, Social Media, Adobe Creative Suite, User Interface Design, Graphic Design, Web Design, SharePoint Designer, SharePoint, Web Analytics, Presentation Development, Storyboarding, User-centered Design, Usability Engineering, User Experience, Product Development, Usability Testing, Strategy, Mobile Devices, E-commerce, User Interface, Information Architecture, User Experience Design, Design Strategy, Visual Design, Agile Methodologies, User Research, Creative Direction, Heuristic Evaluation, Accessibility, CSS3, Creative Concept..., Design Patterns, Social Business, HTML 5, SASS, Responsive Web Design, Mobile Interaction..., Customer Journey Mapping, Customer Experience..., Flash, SEO, Digital Strategy, Persona, Wireframes